2008-09 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
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The 2008–09 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida
in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls ended the season with 27 wins and the 27th win of the season for the Bulls was the best in USF history - for men or women - and the highest win total by any Division I team in the state of Florida. USF capped their sixth postseason appearance by winning the 2009 WNIT Tournament.
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University of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls ended the season with 27 wins and the 27th win of the season for the Bulls was the best in USF history - for men or women - and the highest win total by any Division I team in the state of Florida. USF capped their sixth postseason appearance by winning the 2009 WNIT Tournament.
Exhibition
| Date | Opponent | Location | Irish Points | Opp. Points | Record |
| Nov. 1/08 | Miami Sun | Tampa, FL | 91 | 67 | 1-0 |
| Nov. 5/08 | DT3 | Tampa, FL | 81 | 55 | 2-0 |
Roster
| Number | Name | Height | Position | Class |
| 1 | Jasmine Wynne | Guard | Freshman | |
| 2 | Leondra Doomes-Stephens | Guard/Forward | Sophomore | |
| 5 | Dominique English | Guard | Sophomore | |
| 10 | Sequoyah Griffin | Forward | Sophomore | |
| 11 | Porche Grant | Forward | Junior | |
| 15 | Allyson Speed | Guard | Junior | |
| 21 | Janae Stokes | Guard | Junior | |
| 23 | Jessica Lawson | Center | Junior | |
| 33 | Daleisha Carn | Guard | Sophomore | |
| 42 | Melissa Dalembert | Forward | Junior | |
Schedule
- The Bulls participated in the USF Shootout on November 15 and 16.
- The Bulls participated in the Paradise Jam from November 27 to 29. The Bulls finished second in the Reef Division.
Date Opponent Location Irish Points Opp. Points Record Nov. 15/08 Central Connecticut Tampa, FL 100 41 1-0 Nov. 16/08 Loyola, MD Tampa, FL 94 46 2-0 Nov. 18/08 Stetson Tampa, FL 103 55 3-0 Nov. 23/08 Coppin State Tampa, FL 97 43 4-0 Nov. 27/08 California St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 55 85 4-1 Nov. 28/08 Iowa St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 82 79 5-1 Nov. 29/08 Texas Tech St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 71 61 6-1 Dec. 5/08 Florida International Tampa, FL 99 71 7-1 Dec. 14/08 North Florida Tampa, FL 90 44 8-1 Dec. 18/08 Grambling Tampa, FL 126 62 9-1 Dec. 20/08 Northern Arizona Tampa, FL 82 43 10-1 Dec. 21/08 Southern Tampa, FL 100 47 11-1 Dec. 28/08 Jackson State Tampa, FL 110 51 12-1 Dec. 30/08 Tulane New Orleans, LA 80 66 13-1 Jan. 3/09 Marquette Milwaukee, WI 60 68 13-2 Jan. 6/09 Connecticut Tampa, FL 37 83 13-3 Jan. 10/09 St. John’s Tampa, FL 81 71 14-3 Jan. 14/09 Louisville Tampa, FL 60 76 14-4 Jan. 17/09 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 47 79 14-5 Jan. 20/09 Providence Providence, RI 86 62 15-5 Jan. 24/09 Georgetown Tampa, FL 68 86 15-6 Jan. 31/09 Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ 59 58 16-6 Feb. 3/09 Marquette Tampa, FL 56 71 16-7 Feb. 8/09 Syracuse Syracuse, NY 88 79 17-7 Feb. 14/09 Seton Hall Tampa, FL 80 51 18-7 Feb. 17/09 Notre Dame Tampa, FL 79 86 18-8 Feb. 21/09 West Virginia Morgantown, WV 75 90 18-9
Player stats
| Player | Games Played | Minutes | Field Goals | Three Pointers | Free Throws | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals | Points |
| Shantia Grace | 37 | 1165 | 163 | 64 | 160 | 117 | 175 | 7 | 58 | 550 |
| Janae Stokes | 36 | 878 | 153 | 116 | 30 | 91 | 53 | 2 | 25 | 452 |
| Jazmin Sepulveda | 37 | 1143 | 150 | 68 | 71 | 125 | 136 | 11 | 96 | 439 |
| Jessica Lawson | 36 | 797 | 151 | 0 | 79 | 240 | 9 | 44 | 31 | 381 |
| Brittany Denson | 37 | 966 | 105 | 0 | 68 | 248 | 45 | 100 | 33 | 278 |
| Alexis Givands | 12 | 258 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 20 | 83 |
| Jasmine Wynne | 36 | 694 | 92 | 13 | 46 | 65 | 83 | 5 | 57 | 243 |
| Porche Grant | 37 | 765 | 93 | 0 | 42 | 284 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 228 |
| Melissa Dalembert | 31 | 287 | 46 | 0 | 25 | 87 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 117 |
| Allyson Speed | 27 | 223 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 49 |
| Ashley Sanders | 34 | 257 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 57 |
| Crystal Ayers | 6 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Erin Moody | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kelsey Varney | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WNIT Tournament
- Quarterfinal (Sunday, March 29)
- South Florida 80, St. Bonaventure 66
- Semifinal (Wednesday, April 1)
- South Florida 82, Boston College 65
- Championship (Saturday, April 4)
- South Florida 75, Kansas 71
WNIT Player Stats
| Player | Games Played | Minutes | Field Goals | Three Pointers | Free Throws | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals | Points |
| Shantia Grace | 5 | 181 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 78 |
| Jasmine Wynne | 5 | 151 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 61 |
| Jessica Lawson | 5 | 128 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 61 |
| Janae Stokes | 5 | 116 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 57 |
| Brittany Denson | 5 | 162 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 41 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 55 |
| Jazmin Sepulveda | 5 | 167 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 52 |
| Porche Grant | 5 | 105 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 29 |
| Melissa Dalembert | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Allyson Speed | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ashley Sanders | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- In the WNIT championship, the stat leaders were as follows:
Player Category Sepulveda Points (18) Grant Rebounds (10) Grace Assists (5) Sepulveda Steals (2) Denson Blocks (4)
Awards and honors
- Alexis Givands, USF Shootout All-Tournament Team
- Shantia Grace, All-Big East point guard,
- Janae Stokes, USF Shootout Most Valuable Player
- Jasmine Wynne, USF Shootout All-Tournament Team
Team players drafted into the WNBA
No one from the Bulls was selected in the 2009 WNBA Draft2009 WNBA Draft
The 2009 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at...
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